About Outback America

Outback America is an outreach ministry of the JH Ranch located in the mountains of Northern California and has been serving parents and teens for over 20 years.

Realizing that the JH Ranch would always be limited in the numbers it could reach because of the remoteness of its location and the size of its facilities, God gave Bruce Johnston His vision to create an outreach of the JH Ranch program that could be duplicated in cities across America. That vision was realized in 1996 with the first Outback America weekend in Dallas Texas. A bit different from our current program, the Dallas weekend hosted 1000 teens from across America. In 1997 another Outback weekend was held in which Fathers came with their teens.

Outback America as we know it today was born in Tuscaloosa in 2000, then grew to the Birmingham/Sylacauga weekend in the fall of 2002 and Mobile joined the program in the fall of 2004. In 2006 anew city will be added in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Our Vision:

100 Outback America Cities in 10 Years!

The Outback America headquarters are based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Outback America
5710 Watermelon Road, Suite 350
Northport, Alabama 35473
P (205). 344.6578

 

Outback America Statistics

There have been 24 Outback America Weekends held since 2000. Of those, 4 have been in Mobile, AL, 8 in Sylacauga, AL and 12 in Tuscaloosa, AL. Our campers have joined us from 14 of the 50 United States. Lafayette, Louisiana will join the Outback America family in the fall of 2006.


Number of Camper Couples

Percentage of Growth

2000

92

-

2001

146

58.7%

2002

228

56.2%

2003

272

19.3%

2004

462

69.9%

2005

600

29.9%

2006

342

TBD After The Fall Season


Outback America Camper Statistics

Our cities have hosted 2,142 campers over the years since 2000 - an average of 44 pairs at each Outback America weekend in each city, and we are all excited about the growth in the ministry that is occurring right now! God continues to bless this program as He "...turns the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers."

In terms of the camper configurations since 2000 - take a look!

Father / Son Couples
604
Mother / Daughter Couples

368

Father / Daughter Couples
588
Special Couples
106
Mother / Son Couples
272



And our Husband /Wife Program is growing by leaps and bounds representing a total of 204 campers.